 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 458 páginas
...their resentment. They inhabit the interior of green hills, chiefly those of a conical form, in Gaelic termed Sighan, on which they lead their dances by moon-light; impressing upon the surface the mark of circles, which sometimes appear yellow arid blasted, sometimes of a deep green hue ; and within... | |
 | Scottish border - 1812 - 516 páginas
...conical form, in Gaelic termed Sighan, on which they lead their dances by moon-light ; impress* ing upon the .surface the marks of circles, which sometimes...dangerous to sleep, or to be found after sun-set. The removal of those large portions of turf, which thunderbolts sometimes scoop out of the ground with... | |
 | 1821 - 618 páginas
...their resentment. They inhabit the interior of green hills, chiefly those of conical form, in Gaelic termed sighan, on which they lead their dances by...dangerous to sleep, or to be found after sun-set. — lir Leyden's " Dissertation on the Fairy Superstition," in BORDER MINSTRELSY. Like the Fcld-Elfen... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 472 páginas
...their resentment. They inhabit the interior of green hills, chiefly those of a conical form, in Gaelic termed Sighan, on which they lead their dances by...dangerous to sleep, or to be found after sun-set. The removal of those ]arge portions of turf, which thunderbolts sometimes scoop out of the ground with... | |
 | David Macbeth Moir - 1825 - 350 páginas
...their resentment. They inhabit the interior of green hills, chiefly those of conical form, in Gaelic termed sighan, on which they lead their dances by...which it is dangerous to sleep, or to be found after sun-set."—Dr Leyden's " Dissertation on the Fairy Superstition," in Border Minstrelsy. " Like the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 386 páginas
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 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 398 páginas
...They inhabit the interior of green hills, chiefly those of a conical form, in Gaelic termed Siffhan, on which they lead their dances by moonlight ; impressing...is dangerous to sleep, or to be found after sunset. The removal of those large portions of turf, which thunderbolts sometimes scoop out of the ground with... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 1104 páginas
...of green hills, chiefly those of a conical form, in Gaelic termed Slghan, on which they lead «heir dances by moonlight! impressing upon the surface the...is dangerous to sleep, or to be found after sunset. The removal of those large portions of turf, which thunderbolts sometimes ecoop out of the ground with... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 páginas
...their resentment. They inhabit the interior of green hills, chiefly those of a conical form, in Gaelic termed Sighan, on which they lead their dances by...the marks of circles, which sometimes appear yellow andblasted, sometimes of a deep green hue ; and within which it is dangerous to sleep, or to be found... | |
 | 1848 - 588 páginas
...southern kindred, they were fond of midnight revelry, and in their dances by moonlight they impressed " upon the surface the marks of circles, which sometimes...hue ; and within which it is dangerous to sleep, or be found after sunset." They were, like the dwarfs of Northern Europe, addicted to working in mines... | |
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The fairies of Scotland are represented as a diminutive race of beings, of a mixed or rather dubious nature, capricious in their dispositions, and mischievous in their resentment. They inhabit the interior of green hills, chiefly those of a conical form,... 
